End bracing for cars.



- Witnesw W. WOLFE I END B RACING FOR CARS. APPLICATION-FILED 3.19,,1906.

' a. m Hwbavbwwowi- 3.. YIAWS' "PATENTED JUNE 19,2190'6.

UNITED STATEs PATENT. orrron HERBERT WIWOL FF, or sir; Louis,

can & FOUNDRY COMPANY, or srouis, Mrssouni, A, CORPURA'LIQN or NEWJERSEY,

' fr END BRACINGFOR C RS No. 823,838. Specification of Letters Patent."Patented-Iuner19,1906.

. Original application filed December 1 1, 1905 Serial No. 291,257,Divided and this application filed Marekli m 1906. Serial No. 306,815.

To all whom, it may concern: 1

Be it known that I, I'IERBERT W. WOLF a citizen of the United States,residing at the city of St. Louis, State, of Missouri, have invented acertain new and useful-Improve merit in End Braeings for Cars, of whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact description, such aswillenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,- formingpart of this spe'ci fication, in Whichf 7 Figure 1 is an elevation oftheend of a gondola car provided with my improved endwall brace. Fig. 2 isan enlarged vertical sectional view on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1,- and Fig3 is a perspective view of my improved brace. a

This invention relates to the construction of cars, andv particularly tothat type known asgondola cars, and'ha's for its object to prov de anovel form of brace for stiffening. the end Wall of the car intermediateits upper and lower edges and tying the sameto the 'side walls of theear.

Referring to the drawmgs, which represent the preferred form of'myinvention, 1 and 2 designate, respectively, the end and side walls of acar provided at their upper edges with angles 3. The novel end-wallbrace, which forms the subject of this invention,

. preferably consists of a web portion 4, which is widest fat the centerof the car and thence taperstoward the sides of the car, said web bein'provide'd'at its inner edge with an up-' war 1 -extending flange6,which lies against the end wall of the car intermediate its upper andlower edges and is connected thereto by rivets 7 and providedat itsouter edge with a downwardly projecting flange 7 which preferably isshallowest' at its middle portion and thence gradually increases indepth toward the sides of the car; At the ends of the brace'theseflanges are bent around the side walls of the car and are connectedthereto by rivets. Q

My improved brace not onl strengthens the'end wall of the car intermeiate its upper and lower edges and prevents the same from carry verticalloads and thus provides a'snal low platform or step which affords afooting at the end of the car.

Having thus described the invention, what is'claimed as new, and desiredto be secured by Letters Patent, is i '1'. A brace for strengthening theend wall MlSSOURl, ASSlhNOR TO AMERICAN:

of acar intermediate its upper and lower edges consisting of a platebent to present a horizontal portlonwlth legsor flanges at itsoppositely-extending legs or flanges which I are bent around the cornersofthe car and secured to the side Walls thereof, the portions of saidflanges which are bent around the corners of the carbeing separated fromeach other by'means of slits formed in' said plate;

substantiall as described,-

4$-.- An .en brace for cars having a tal portion and anupwardly-extending opposite edges extending in opposite 'direcions;substantially as described.

horizon- Go I flange at its inner edge which is secured to .the end wallof the car intermediate its upper and-lower edges, and adownwardly-extending leg or flange at the outer edge of said hor1z'ontal portion; substantially as described.

5.'An end brace for cars consisting of a horizontal portion having anupwardly-extending leg or flange at its inner edge which is secured tothe end wall of the car intcr1ne-.

diat'e its upper and lower edges, said hori .zontal portion being.widest at its center'and provided with a downwardly-extending leg orflange at; its outer edge; substantially as described. I I

6. An end brace for cars consisting ofa horizontal portion widest at itscenter and provided with an upwardly-extending leg or buckling, but isalso vof sufficient strength to flange at its inner edge which issecured to the end wall of the can hitemnediateits upper signature, inthe resence of two witnesses,

and lower edges, and a dgwnwardly-extendthis 14th day of arch, 1906.

ing leg at its outer edge, 0th of said flanges i l extending around thecorners of the can and HERBERT WOLFE 5 being secured to the side wallsthereof; sub- Witnesses:

sta'ntially as described. WELLS L. CHURCH,

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my GEORGE BAKEWELL.

